
NewsOct 6, 2025
Anti-Palestinian and anti-Arab racism is on the rise in Canada
In April 2024, a video circulated online showing an Oakville, Ont. high school teacher and a student having an alarming and contentious conversation about his keffiyeh.

NewsOct 6, 2025
In April 2024, a video circulated online showing an Oakville, Ont. high school teacher and a student having an alarming and contentious conversation about his keffiyeh.

NewsAug 7, 2025
Montreal, August 06, 2025 — The Anti-Racism Program of the CJPME Foundation (ARPCF) is amplifying the urgent findings of York University’s Documenting the ‘Palestine Exception’ report , which exposed a pervasive, systemic pattern of suppression of pro-Palestinian speech across Canada following…

NewsAug 7, 2025
The Islamophobia Research Hub at York UniversityHub launched their report " Documenting the “Palestine Exception": An Overview of Trends in Islamophobia, Anti-Palestinian and Anti-Arab Racism in Canada in the aftermath of October 7, 2023 "

NewsAug 7, 2025
At a press conference held in Ottawa, Nadia Hasan, director of the Islamophobia Research Hub at York University, discussed their new report on the increase in incidents of Islamophobia, Anti-Palestinian and Anti-Arab racism in Canada.

NewsJul 15, 2025
Montreal, July 15, 2025 — The Anti-Racism Program of the CJPME Foundation (ARPCF) welcomes the Toronto District School Board’s (TDSB) decision to reverse its censorship of a yearbook photo showing two students wearing keffiyehs at Ursula Franklin Academy.

NewsJun 17, 2025
Montreal, June 17, 2025 — The Anti-Racism Program of the CJPME Foundation (ARPCF) condemns the racist act of vandalism targeting the Canadian Institute of Islamic Civilization (CIIC) mosque in downtown Montreal on June 10, 2025.

NewsJan 24, 2025
On Jan. 20, 2025, during a CBC broadcast on the ceasefire in Gaza , Anchor Natasha Fatah dismissed the term genocide during a CBC News interview with Palestinian-Canadian Israa Alsaafin, who was mourning her brother's death in Gaza.

NewsDec 20, 2024
Montreal, December 11, 2024 — Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is raising significant concerns about the contradictory recommendations in a pair of reports from Parliament’s Justice and Human Rights Committee (JUST) that seemingly acknowledge anti-Palestinian racism (APR)…

NewsNov 18, 2024
Montreal, November 18, 2024 — Montreal, November 18, 2024 Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) strongly condemns the media-fueled outrage surrounding the inclusion of the Arabic song Haza Salam during a Remembrance Day ceremony at Sir Robert Borden High School in Ottawa.

NewsNov 12, 2024
Montreal, Nov 12, 2024 The Anti-Racism Program of the CJPME Foundation (ARPCF) condemns the backlash against Sir Robert Borden High School’s inclusion of an Arabic song about peace during its Remembrance Day ceremony.

NewsNov 8, 2024
As we [ Canadian Council of Muslim Women CCMW ] witness the harrowing brutality of the genocide unfolding in Palestine, we cannot help but confront a deeply unsettling reality: we are watching in real time as human lives are devastated, entire communities erased, and the suffering of countless…

NewsNov 4, 2024
Please see this open letter, signed by hundreds of concerned groups across Ontario and Canada, to the Crown Attorney’s Office that recently decided to withdraw charges against an individual who was filmed attacking a Muslim woman earlier this year in Ottawa.

NewsNov 4, 2024
On Wednesday October 30, 2024, the Muslim Advisory Council of Canada [sent] a formal call for accountability and action to the relevant stakeholders, including:

NewsNov 3, 2024
On Thursday, October 31, Crown prosecutors dropped assault and harassment charges against Lorna Bernbaum, 74, after she pulled the hijab of pro-Palestinian demonstrator, Hayfa Abdelkhaleq.

NewsNov 1, 2024
October 16 2024 As the TDSB delays crucial reforms and fails to release promised educational tools, the community steps up to protect its students from escalating systemic racism.

NewsAug 9, 2024
Montreal, Aug 09, 2024— The Anti-Racism Program of the Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) Foundation (ARPCF) condemns the sudden cancellation of a planned Palestinian folk dance performance at the New Brunswick Day celebrations in Fredericton.

NewsJul 26, 2024
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NewsJun 25, 2024
CJPME held a webinar on June 18 about "How Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy erases Palestinian voices and supports Israel"

NewsJun 14, 2024
Montreal, June 12, 2024 — A new report by Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East ( CJPME ) warns that a Canadian public official tasked with countering racism has demonstrated a harmful and malicious pattern of spreading misinformation against supporters of Palestine, and is calling for…

NewsJun 14, 2024
It is beyond words how deeply disturbing, disappointing, and ugly this latest arson attack on a private residence in North London has been.

NewsJun 14, 2024
Montreal, Jun 11, 2024 — The Anti-Racism Program of the CJPME Foundation (ARPCF) strongly condemns the suspected racially-motivated arson on Wateroak Drive in London Ontario, which London Police are investigating as a potential hate crime.

NewsJun 7, 2024
Montreal, June 5, 2024 — Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is calling on Parliament to investigate Israeli foreign influence in Canada, following the alarming discovery that Israel has been covertly targeting Canadians with racist anti-Muslim messages .

NewsMay 7, 2024
Montreal, May 7, 2024 — The Anti-Racism Program of the CJPME Foundation (ARPCF) is urging Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe to reconsider his decision to celebrate the creation of the State of Israel by raising the Israeli flag at City Hall on May 14, 2024. Especially when Israel's brutal military…

NewsMay 6, 2024
Montreal, May 6, 2024 — Canadian human rights organizations today issued recommendations for Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy to ensure that the federal government is effectively addressing both anti-Palestinian racism and antisemitism.
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